Von Fake News, dem iPhone und Huawei Telefonen

China denied – and mocked – a New York Times report on Chinese spies listening to US President Donald Trump’s iPhone calls, calling the story “fake news,” and adding “If someone’s worried about the security of Apple iPhones, they can switch to (China’s) Huawei phones.”

A nice burn, but if Russia and China really are listening to Trump’s unsecure cell phone calls, they’re almost certainly doing it by tapping the cellular signal or phone network, not by hacking the iPhones he uses. I don’t think the Times story made this clear, but it should have.